The Pacific office for UN Women has released an innovative resource which aims to reduce violence against women and girls by providing a how-to-guide on setting up anti-violence projects in their communities.

Video filmed by a motorist on their dash cam of Mark Burt, 48, from Mount Barker, running his wife's car off the road. Burt has been sentenced to five years jail for breaching violence restraining orders and deliberately attempting to harm Sandy Wolfe.

A Fair Work Commission ruling ordering a Melbourne firm to compensate a woman who was sacked after she was allegedly abused by her partner is hailed as a landmark decision by a workers rights advocate.

The jury hearing in the case of Sydney woman Marcela Castaneda, who fatally stabbed her fiancé during a violent argument, must decide whether her actions were excessive and therefore unlawful, a crown prosecutor says.

Cambodian police have charged and detained a property tycoon on his return to the kingdom after a video of his vicious assault on a popular TV star triggered widespread anger and a call from prime minister Hun Sen to give himself up.